I started in the equine world at 13 years old, when my doctor offered
me the opportunity to come to his place on the weekends. He had a
quarter horse operation consisting of stallions and mares straight
from the famed King Ranch in Texas. From there, I ventured out into
game events, riding horses that no one else wanted (known runaways)
and eventually made them into trusting worthy mounts. After several
years of gaming, I entered the Arabian Horse breed by working with
several Arabian ranches. It was there that I had the opportunity to
work with
several top trainers of the time, further advancing my skills in not
only training, but breeding management. During this period, I was
credited with having trained a top ten park horse, and several state
champions in english and western pleasure.

I entered the Appaloosa
world about 20 yrs ago when I purchased a filly from an Appaloosa
ranch that I was working for at the time. Starting with this filly, and
each year thereafter, I tried to improve the horses that I either bred
or exhibited. Believing that a true horseman never stops learning,
I seek out opinions and ideas of others. Last year I consulted with Steve
DalParto, a World/National level trainer in California, to improve
my conditioning skills. He stands Maids Dream along with several other
stallions.

Horses that I have shown or bred, have won multiple halter futurities,
top ten in the Nation, a Canadian National Championship, 2 top 3
placings at the Canadian Nationals (from only 2 shows), multiple
world qualifiers, multiple ROM's and regional club award winners.

A few horses shown or bred by me are: Skips Vision: Canadian National
Champion Broodmare, National Top Ten year end award winner in
broodmares. Hesa Smooth Mover: Canadian National Champion Yearling
Gelding , 3rd place. Make Me Pretty: Canadian National Champion
Weanling Champion Gelding, 3rd place. Jetaleo: Top Ten in the Nation.
Twiceagoer: Top Ten in the Nation Broodmares.

Some of my multiple futurity winners includes such horses as
The Revenue Man, Debonairness,
Jetaleo, Two Timin Woman, Recon To Impress, and Senators Dream.
There are others that were single futurity winners.

For the past 18 yrs, I have been concentrating on the halter arena,
judging open shows (5 yrs now) and giving a few clinics when time
allows. I am very active with the appaloosa breed at large and in the regional
local club.